[ Sixth Parliament - Second Session] No. 112.] ORDER PAPER OF PARLIAMENT FOR Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 9.30 a.m. QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS 0849/’07 1. Hon. Ranjith Aluvihare,— To ask the Minister of Education,—(2) (a) Is he aware that,— (i) the Deyyandara Central College is a National School; (ii) a permanent principal has not been appointed for this school for many years now; (iii) the present acting principal has not qualified herself to be a principal; (b) Will he state— (i) the reason for the omission of Deyyandara Central Collage despite the fact that applications have been called to fill vacancies in posts of principals in National Schools; (ii) whether action will be taken to appoint a principal to this National School; (iii) if so, when it is? (c) If not, why? 0821/’06 2. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order,—(1) (a) Will he inform in this House, the number of District Courts, Magistrate Courts and High Courts and their locations, in the Provinces, Districts and Electorates in Sri Lanka separately? (b) Will he state the names of the Judges of Supreme Courts, Court of Appeal and Commercial Courts along with their respective ages and experience in legal practice separately? ( 2 ) (c) Will he also state whether the Judges of Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal have been appointed by the Constitutional Council? (d) If not, why? 0823/’06 3. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order,—(1) (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the total subsidies or tax waivers given or paid by the Treasury to relevant Ministries on following items in 2004, 2005 and 2006 separately— (i) Gas (v) Fertilizer (ii) Flour (vi) Petrol, diesel and Kerosene Oil (iii) Sugar (vii) Milk powder (iv) Rice (viii) Electricity charges and (ii) if the Treasury had not paid or incurred such expenses whether the relevant Line Ministry has paid out or agreed to get the money paid in due charge to the entities providing the said services? (b) if not, why? 0832/’06 4. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order,—(1) (a) Will he state the following values in terms of SDR, market value and compare it against the GDP from 1990 to 2003 on per year basis— (i) the trade balance in export and import separately; (ii) the service balance in receipts and payments separately; (iii) private transfers to the country; (iv) current account balance and official transfers to the country? (b) Will he also state the above mentioned values as a percentage separately? (c) Will he state the movement of non-monetary capital from 1990 to 2003 on a per year basis separately for— (i) the private investment (Net) ( 3 ) (ii) other private investments (Net) (iii) government transfers (d) Will he inform this House from 1990 to 2003 on per year basis— (i) the overall balance; (ii) current account deficit as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP); (iii) the GDP in rupees; (iv) the reserves of the country; and, (v) how much is it as an import cover? (e) If not, why? 0887/’07 5. Hon. R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana ,— To ask the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication,—(1) (a) Will he inform this House, separately— (i) the number of vehicles obtained for the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication and the Deputy Minister of Posts and their personal staff; (ii) the basis on which these vehicles have been obtained; (iii) out of them, the number of vehicles obtained on hire or contract basis? (b) Will he state in this House from which institutions or individuals the said vehicles have been obtained, along with their names and addresses? (c) Will he state separately in respect of each vehicle— (i) the types of such vehicles; (ii) the amount of money spent on those vehicles and the amount of the money allocated for fuel, monthly and annually? (d) Will he state— (i) if drivers had been recruited for these vehicles, the basis on which they were recruited; (ii) their salaries and allowances? (e) if not, why? ( 4 ) 0888/’07 6. Hon. R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana ,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development,—(1) (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the number of vehicles obtained for the Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development and his personal staff; (ii) the basis on which these vehicles have been obtained; (iii) out of them, the number of vehicles obtained on hire or contract basis? (b) Will he state in this House from which institutions or individuals the said vehicles have been obtained, along with their names and addresses? (c) Will he state separately in respect of each vehicle— (i) the types of such vehicles; (ii) the amount of money spent on those vehicles and the amount of the money allocated for fuel, monthly and annually? (d) Will he state— (i) if drivers had been recruited for these vehicles, the basis on which they were recruited; (ii) their salaries and allowances? (e) if not, why? 0890/’07 7. Hon. R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana ,— To ask the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities,—(1) (a) Will she inform this House— (i) the number of vehicles obtained for the Minister of Housing and Common Amenities and her personal staff; (ii) the basis on which these vehicles have been obtained; (iii) out of them, the number of vehicles obtained on hire or contract basis? (b) Will she state in this House from which institutions or individuals the said vehicles have been obtained, along with their names and addresses? (c) Will she state separately in respect of each vehicle— (i) the types of such vehicles; (ii) the amount of money spent on those vehicles and the amount of the money allocated for fuel, monthly and annually? ( 5 ) (d) Will she state— (i) if drivers had been recruited for these vehicles, the basis on which they were recruited; (ii) their salaries and allowances? (e) if not, why? 0850/’07 8. Hon. M. Joseph Micheal Perera,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order,—(2) (a) Is he aware that— (i) Mr. P.G. Piyasena of Heinford Colony, Mapakanda, Nawalapitiya is poor person with no means of income; and, (ii) Mr. Piyasena and his aged wife live on the public assistance allowance of Rs. 100/- received from the Government? (b) Will he accept that although Mr. Piyasena has been making requests for poor relief assistance provided by the Samurdhi Fund for many years, no such poor relief has been granted so far? (c) Will he take the necessary action to grant poor relief to Mr. Piyasena? (d) If not, why? 0851/’07 9. Hon. M.D. Namal Karunarathna,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order,—(2) (a) Will he inform this House as to how much money has been spent on the first year anniversary of the induction of His Excellency the President? (b) Will he submit to this House, separately— (i) the manner in which they have been spent by the Departments, Corporations, Statutory Boards affiliated to the government and the Ministry of Finance; (ii) as to how much money has been spent on banners, posters, newspaper advertisements and radio programmes? (c) Will he state— (i) who has prepared plans for spending this money; ( 6 ) (ii) who has granted approval for that? (d) Will he submit to this House, the names and posts of the above officials along with the photo copies of the letters of approval? (e) If not, why? 0852/’07 10. Hon. Ajith Kumara,— To ask the Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence Public Security, Law and Order,—(2) (a) Will he state in this House separately and at the Divisional Secretariat Division level— (i) the number of low income families in the 18 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in the Galle district that receive Samurdhi benefits; (ii) their names, addresses and the value of the Samurdhi benefit they receive; (iii) the number of persons who have been granted Samurdhi benefits anew after the 2005 Presidential elections; and, (iv) their names, addresses and the value of the Samurdhi benefit they receive? (b) Will he state in this House whether— (i) approval has been obtained from the relevant Ministry when granting Samurdhi benefits to those new Samurdhi recipients; (ii) an investigation is in progress by the Samurdhi Director General regarding the granting of Samurdhi benefits without the relevant approval; and, (iii) if so, in regard to which Divisional Secretariat Divisions? (c) Will he state in this House as to what action would be taken by him against the officers involved in granting the Samurdhi benefits in illegal manner? (d) Will he take steps to grant the Samurdhi benefits to the low income families which have been deprived of the Samurdhi benefits without the approval of the Ministry, by conducting legal investigation? (e) If not, why? 0799/’06 11. Hon. Vijitha Herath,— To ask the Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils,—(1) (a) Will he inform this House in detail, the procedure followed by the Road Passenger Transport Authority of Southern Province when issuing licences for buses for passenger transport services? ( 7 ) (b) Will he submit to this House separately, the number of passenger transport service licences issued by the said Authority since the year 2000 up to now along with the names